Carlos Marmol

Pick your school with new Dan Haren, the right-handed pitcher the Cubs are reportedly about to acquire from the Marlins. If you’re old school, then you like the idea that Haren’s 3.42 ERA is his best in four seasons. If you’re new school, you blanch at his 4.57 Fielder Independent Pitching, tied for the worst of his 13-year career. But hey, he’s not Dallas Beeler and he didn’t cost the Cubs much, and that was the point. Cubs president Theo Epstein said he would look at all possibilities at the trade deadline, from a small rental to a bigger deal that would return players under control for several years. That bigger deal might still be out there...

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Pick your school with new Dan Haren, the right-handed pitcher the Cubs are reportedly about to acquire from the Marlins.
If you’re old school, then you like the idea that Haren’s 3.42 ERA is his best in four seasons.
If you’re new school, you...

Kris Bryant believes his dramatic two-run, two-out walkoff homer in the ninth inning Monday night “wakes us up a little bit.’’
Excuse me, but why do the Cubs need to be awakened at the end of July with a playoff spot on the line?
I know the Cubs are a...

Joe Maddon walked over to catcher David Ross in the dugout before the ninth inning Sunday and asked him if he wanted to make his Wrigley Field pitching debut.
With the Phillies leading 11-4 at the time, Ross obliged. Why not?
"I really don't want...

Kyle Schwarber's two home run game in Cincinnati on Tuesday night could have a domino effect on the Cubs as they head into the final days before the trading deadline, and leads to many new questions about the short-term and long-term future of the...

It was probably just a coincidence that a Cubs employee told me it was OK to ride in a broken elevator Thursday night at the grand re-opening of the Wrigley Field bleachers.
"It was stuck a while ago, but it's fixed now," he said.
By the...

In 2013 it took then-Cubs manager Dale Sveum only six games to yank his closer, inserting Kyuji Fujikawa into Carlos Marmol’s spot after Marmol served up ninth-inning home runs to the Upton brothers in a loss in Atlanta.
Sveum’s replacement, Rick...

LA GINA, Dominican Republic — Wrigleyville it was not.
A cluster of single-level houses with fading paint rested just off the two-lane highway. Metal bars similar to a prison's hugged one with cream-colored exterior and white trim, while the windows were...

The most anonymous job in baseball once belonged to middle relievers, the offensive linemen of the national pastime.
They usually found themselves in the media spotlight only after blowing saves, and only a select few were ever considered for the...

In Year 122 of a longstanding rivalry, it has finally come to this:
The Cubs want to be the Cardinals on the field, and the Cardinals want to be the Cubs off the field.
So far, only one is succeeding.
The Cardinals recently built their own Wrigleyville...

There are lot of things about the Cubs’ plan that I get. What Theo Epstein is doing with prospects is smart. They need new grandstands and better player amenities. I get all that. What I don't get is the Ricketts' insistence on all the outfield signage,...

We can fix him! Most teams are convinced they can remedy whatever it was that went wrong with some fallen star. They can tweak his mechanics, provide needed insight he wasn’t getting elsewhere, give him that fresh start
Sometimes it actually works and...

Baseball has stats for everything. Has anybody figured out the Cubs' team ERA in the eighth inning? It's gotta be in the teens. Ken, Portland, Ore. Not quite. The Cubs had a 5.42 ERA in eighth innings as of July 10, with an .818 OPS. Not good. But...

Officially, the Cubs designated Carlos Marmol for assignment. That’s baseball’s scenic route that eventually will land the shredded Marmol on the street.
The move appeared inevitable and is better for everyone, especially Cubs manager Dale Sveum....

Taking a quick break from the Stanley Cup Final to vent about the Cubs and White Sox:
The Sox are a joke, but rookie General Manager Rick Hahn is doing nothing to stop the losing.
In fact, he’s doing nothing, period.
I think he got the idea from Theo...

There are times when I find some of your observations and statements to be befuddling unless you are trying to protect players so they can be traded.You recently said Jared Mitchell needs a little more seasoning. He's a great athlete, but if he gets...

You know Paul, it's not that difficult to figure out the Cubs' problems, despite Sveum's comments on the stats. At key moments in the game -- the key pitch, the key hit, the key play in the field -- the Cubs fail. Their players are simply...

Me, I’d have traded Matt Garza after the first inning in Pittsburgh when he survived a one-out walk and got a magnificent catch from Julio Borbon.
Or I might’ve cut the deal to send Garza to (your rotation here) after the second inning Tuesday when he...

Lifelong Cubs fan here with ZERO trust in the Ricketts family in putting together a consistent winning team. It's obvious they only see the Cubs as cash cows. Am I wrong here? -- Selma B., Cincinnati
Cash bison perhaps, but cash cows? No. I think the...

I have been a Cubs fan since 1948, so I have seen some poor baseball. However, it is time to release Marmol for the Cubs' good and also for his own good. Bill A., Newburgh, Ind. I don’t really see that happening, at least not until they exhaust all...

Cubs manager Dale Sveum finally made the move he never should’ve had to make: yanking Carlos Marmol as closer.
Sveum never should’ve had to make the move because team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer should’ve traded Marmol. In...